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thursday may 24th 19511 rhe acton free press acton ontario page rtvb reliable taxi 24 hours a day phono 430 an extra service is ourtunch counter and confectionerv stand always open coffao and snadtt to toko out we deliver fish and chips oyr specialty 9 main st acton bannockburn wi meets at rschooi bannockburnwomens institute held their regular meeting in ban nockburn school wednesday even ing the meeting opened with the qde followed by the mary stewart collect the roll call was answered by an event int history that makes me glad i am a canadian thank you notes were received from mrs m gordon and mr wal- fter linhnm for cards received while they were ill committees were appointed to plan a bus trip and an apron display for the fall fair it was decided to hold a euchre to benefit the kirk- patrick family the motto how to be a- good neighbor was given by mrs h wilkinson a splendid paper was prepared and read by mil c-sta- clair for citizenship and education followed by a humorous reading before the meeting the meeting closed with the queen and lunch and a social time was enjoyed everton club clothes rag 45 twope tip top rag 5993 twope fleet street rag 73so twopc tip top tailors choice of the house 20 oft or extra pants free istock suits ii jsport coats o aol jaho roducod by at u birthday party visitors in news mrs ted jeslln entertained for her daughter patsys eighth birth day saturday afternoon with lo girl friends attending miss donna milne rockwood spent the week end with patsy mr ted fountain gueiph and tom fountain toronto spent the weekend with their parents mr and mrs charles fountain and fam ily miss taurine mcdougall spent the holiday with her school chum miss elizabeth hortop mr and mrs jones and family hamilton visited on sunday with mr and mrs william bruce and family mr and mrs mac mcleod and family thornbury spent the week end with the tatters parents mr and mrs william e robertson sunday visitors with mr and mrs john alton and miss jennie tovell were mr and mrs albert alton and ian mr and mrs robert patten diane and kenny mr and mrs jim matheson and family gueiph mr jim mooney fergus spent the holiday weekend at the home of mr and mrs wesley lillie and family mr and mrs john alton and miss jennie tovell accompanied mr robert patten gueiph and visited mr alums aunt mrs alice wilker- son burlington on saturday sunday visitors with mr and mrs h uiterwik and family were mr deboer and family hamilton sport coats wool suits rag 1450 now 1960 rag s500 now 4400 quality clothes for dad and the lad mmlt acton hold euchre party to assist family euchre was hold in bannockburn school on saturday sponsored by banockburn womens institute there were 18 tables playing ladies first went to mrs w sin clair of georgetown and second to mrs s robin of georgetown mens first to ernie- mcenery of ballina- fad and second to fred brooks of limehouse lunch was served and happy birthday was sung for two who were celebrating their birthdays prizes and coffee were donated a pound of coffee was auctioned off bringing the total to 58 to be donated to the klrkpatrick family a paradox we thought last monday was the mth of may but judging by the calendar its to day sixth annual spring redtah in rockwood the sixth annual recital was presented in rockwood town hall last friday and saturday evenings to appreciative audiences the pi ano and vocal pupils of miss joan kucharski arct rmtv who teaches in rockwood and acton took part in the two programs impressive playing and singing by guests and miss kucharski in terspersed the many numbers by pupils miss dorothy jonasson student at the conservatory of mu sic in toronto was guest violinist miss marie harris acted as ac companist miss kucharski and mrs jmurici armstrong formed a two piano team these talented performers added accomplished classical and semiclassical num bers to the varied program ross gordon was chairman fri day evening and john lloyd chairman saturday evening acton pupils presented flowers to miss kucharski on friday evening kind rockwood pupils gave her and miss jonasson bouquets saturday taking part with piano solus were marilyn cripps judy duby janet thatcher judy gordon bil ly wingaic vivian smith brad thomas maria brace norman smith helen benton brian smith donna latidsborough bonnie mac- dougall bernice freeman helen davis ruth davis carol thomas katharine kirkncss gary brace mario harris dorcen gordon wiltxrt free man ruth iuidsborougli margar et armstrong elizabeth jany jo- soph jany helen iandsborough pat lleffernan bloise watsonj gor don kingslmry russell macdonald ralph macdonald donna hill nancy jolliffe donna mcnabh sharon mckenie marilyn kings bury george watson monie jol liffe joan mccannell edith tay lor marilyn ostrander myrna armstrongs patricia lloyd june lawrence mary lloyd those wly sang were jean day carol thomas lynda mann linda thatcher and donna kingsbury miss kucharski is through her studies at the toronto conservat ory of music this year she lives in rockwood and plans to be there and in acton next year as well to teach aujnapad ugnyoufferin scotch block girls visitors form news scotch block kernels have had two meetings this month at aud rey browns their leader gave them recipes on the use of bran on monday at mrs robert irvlngs peach oat crumble and lemon cream pie were made and used for lunch a discussion on enriched flour was also part of this meeting each of the girls have been given a lovely cup and saucer as their share of the prize money won at milton fair for their exhibit mr and mrs joe gorman were recent guests with mrs a mckcn- zie nancy and keith mr and mrs j h lubbock mlm- ico mr and mrs mel zimmerman and children qundas were with mr and mrs c e davenport on sunday the farmers were a busy lot on monday and arc making the most of every fine day quite a number of boy scouts were at the scout camp over the holiday weekend umehouse people wishing to donate to the wife and family of the late jim kirkpatrick can do so at the following places in acton eisens clothing store coopers drug store scout cub pap e r xxxjjc t i o n saturday may 26 please bundle paper securely or pack it in cartons and place at edge of sidewalk scout and cub group of acton social evening held by institute ladies the wj ladies and their hus bands enjoyed a social evening last wednesday evening at the home of mr and mrs tom gibson when 10 tables of euchre were played win ners were mrs c snow mrs ear- nie mcenery low mrs w kirk- wood gents high wm kirkwood robert mcenery low wm mclean lunch was served and by the com mittee in charge congratulations to mr and mrs r b kirkwood on the safe arrival of a baby daughter also to mr and mrs gordon hitchcock who have a baby son mission band met at the home of mrs earnie mcenery on sunday mrs norman russ bobby and craig of hornby spent monday with mr and mrs leo jamiesou and mr i and mrs robert mcenery engagements mr and mrs f stulp glen williams wish to r r 1 announce the engagement of their daughter etty to mr clarence dervries son of mr- and mrs l devries hol land the marriage to take place june 15 in knox presbyterian church acton at 7 pm mr and mrs harold ulccay of rr 1 burlington wish to an- noiuice the engagement of their youngest daughter joan louise to billie keith deforest son of mr and mrs james deforest of camp- bellville the wedding will take place june 23 1956 at st georges church lowville i b support acton rotary clubs local welfare programs shower bridetobe at kirkpatrick home a pleasant afternoon was spent at the home of mr and mrs s rcirkpatrick on saturday when iuite a number of ladies gathered to shower kathleen a bride of this weekend with miscellaneous gifts a brides book was compiled dur ing the afternoon mr and mrs ed sanford and ins parents motored to montreal early last jwcek where they met mr and mrs p hill of birmingham eng who are in canada for a few months visit mr a w benton is in north bay this week where he is attend ing the annual convention of as sessing officers of- ontario mr and mrs ed sanford were guests at the carter small wed ding in st cuthberts united church toronto on friday even ing and the reception afterwards diane rose marie and roy mc donald celebrated birthdays with a party on saturday mrs archie mcdonald is recup erating from a varicose vein oper ation in toronto general hospital recently visitors the greigs of brantford with his aunts mrs newton and miss iv- ens the harry smethursts and eliza beth and billie trainor of barrie with mrs smethurst on sunday mrs mckissick of greenville south carolina with her sisters mrs c a foster and miss reams- bottom recently with mrs lane on sunday were mr and mrs robert dredge mil ton mr and mrs- arthur lanetto- ronto mrs wm hall and misses nellie and marjory hall of acton with mr and mrs james on the holiday were mr and mrs lindsay and family of cooksvillc and mr james parents from oakvillc rockwood c rockwobds grand old lady dies in fergus in 105nd year at fergus sunday may 13 there passed away rockwoods grand old lady mrs obriencanh in her 102nd year mrs obriencann was a native of icockwood and before her previous marriage was matilda soper and long a residenton har ris st a sister mrs alex hunter predeceased her some years ago two nephews and a niece survive her funeral took place last wednes day from the rumley funeral home acton with mr douglas black student minister at the pres byterian church officiating inter ment took place in rockwood ce metery in the family plot pall- bejfrers were messrs frank day douglas mehabb albert snultis harvey ljnrty rockwood stan ley and dyer cripps acton floral wreaths bore silent trib ute to the memory of the deceased cglt open night tuesday evening last week the final meeting for the season of the cgit group was held in the sun day school room of the united church it txing an open night for parents of the young folks miss ivarl hamilton senior lender wel comed the euests and thanked the w a and wms for help during the year a short program by sen ior and junior groups was held 10 girls under the leadership of mrs frank stout and accompanied by mrs frank speck sang three num bers story hook hall swing liw sweet chariot and speed away the senior kirls under the lead ership of mrs lorcn guild dem onstrated hnl puppets using the story of iluiiscl and gretel the junior group under the direction of miss gladys llanna sang songs from the puiy miss g ilaiuui ex plained the purpose and aims of the co i t and announced that naomi jolliffe had been selected for camp and tin- selection was made on points alctlia edwards and el eanor llosking were next in points and each received the jiift of the meeting with a hymn and prayer he introduced rev mr keyes representative ol upper canada bible society wlio had a sound film dealing with the bible the book for the world of tomor row one portion of the film dealt with hitler indulging in sarcastic remarks about the bible the fdm all through was very interesting even to showing former issues of the scriptures in different languag es and old methods of printing portions of scripture with hand presses during the service mr charles h harris led in prayer and as president of the local society pre sided for the business part of the meeting mr itosstiffiaoyrsecretaly of the society gave reports of the past years activities and mrs fred hamilton treasurer gave the fin ancial report rev mr keyes dealt largely with the work of the society at large at the conclusion of the service rev mr keyes pronounced the benediction monday evening two interesting sound films were shown in the presbyterian church one dealing with the trip mr and mrs dave d gray took in march to the west indies and near south america preceding the film showing mr douglas black opened tho meeting with a hymn and martin bauer jr contributed some selections on the hammond organ trie second film dealt with the trip on board one of the ofennrd line of boats miss minnie nickell took to eur ope during the winter and through the mediterranean sea to different ports such as alexandria egypt istanbul and venice and algiers north africa previous to the film showing miss m nickell spoke at some length in connection with the cruise the cruise mr and mrs d gray took was in connection with the cunard line of ships and all were very interesting dealing with people of different countries their book mis g- hannn presented each i ways of living and everyday life junior with a cgit pin m ed- holiday visitors mr and mrs wards and el llosking of the senior ross allan and son john toronto kroup were selected for camp the mrs george adamson toronto senior group received world mr and mrs gamble mitchell friendship badges mrs fred hosking president of the wms and c git leaders and six girls participated in a candle- lighting ceremony bible film sunday evening the annual meet ing of the rockwood and evcrton branch bible society was held in the sunday school room of the un ited church rev j dills opened mr and mrs alex munro hamil ton the holiday passed off quietly here a number from other points spent the day fishing and others driving down valley road for scenery heard of one classifrcd ad that resulted in over 20 replies last week twilight auction sale in erin township extensive cleajhing auction national secretary presents y awards boys and girls who won competi tions during the easter tournament the winners of the floor hockey and gymnastic events were feted thurs day evening of last week in the y turkey dinner was served to about 40 by the y ladies auxiliary wes mevacar national secretary of physical education with ymc a in toronto spolie to the group on the greatest wonder in the world he pointed out that the body with farm stock implements dairy eaolpment etc the undersigned have received instructions from conrad mulder to sell by public auction at his farm lot 24 con 1 w erin sit uated on the erineramosa line about 1 mile south of the mimosa united church on friday evening june 1st commencing at 6 30 dairy cows reg holstein cow topsy bos gore 879559 good olus bred by craig nelson camp- bellford bred oct 14 reg holstein cow south vale abbcrkirk 900429 bred by ii a south mcadowvale fresh in apr heifer calf at foot dual purpose shorthorn cow fresh march 26 call at foot dual purpose of power implements farm eqalp- menu dairy equipment black smith equipment and furniture the undersigned have received instructions from the keeniau8 farms to sell by public auction at their farm on the south side of the queen elizabeth highway 1v4 mil es east of the ford plant on saturday june 2 commencing at 1200 oclock ds t the following power implements etc mh no 44 tractor with lights and tires loaded power takeoff runs and looks like new case model d tractor with power takeoff water loo steel thresher 2442 with cut ter high elevator and recleaner new holland baler with wisconsin motor twine tie case foliage har vester with blower 2wheel dual tractor trailer with 16 racks solid 5 shorthorn heifer fresh mar 17 i calf at foot holstein cow due in sides and hydraulic lift 2wheel june dual purpose shorthorn cow tractor trailer with 16 flat rack bred in may ayrshire cow fresh i int power 8 grain binder wtn its many thousands of miles of i mar 14 calf at foot ayrshire cow takeoff case 7 power mower m h grain binder 7 it with power transportation system is the most wonderful thing in the world he emrhasizod the need to keep in good shape he was introduced by bob bray- shaw and ann daintith secretary of the leaders corps thanked him mr mcvicar presented the hock ey trophy to wayne ridley team captain and crests and certificates ogsret englishtork boar kelmscott censort bred dy e l bred apr 16 all cows bred artif j iciallv to toronto districlhull young efttttrrsriorthorn heifer bom tan 1955 holstein heifer born feb 1955 ayrshire shorthorn born mar 1955 ayr- i shire heifer born apr 1955 manure spreader cir cular saw and frame bench saw and frame land packer 10 gram grinder 10 with bagger mh 2- furrow tractor plow int 3furrow hoi- tractor plow ace bottom judson m i 1 i scflmtoejuuli day saturday june 2 peanut sales start this week i von a trip to new york and new wardrobe i for the queen for a week kerrigan chiropractic office 6 john st acton open daily 930 am to 500 pm monday wednesday and friday evenings until 9 free consuwattott for appointments call 550 acton to the seven leaders who passed with their first and second year tavlor milton junior examinations canadian yorks 2 reg i sows bred in feb young grade sow bred 6 weeks york sow bred i in mav 6 chunks implements david brown 23c gas tractor new hydraulic 3- i furrow plow stiff tooth cultivator 12 teeth above all new if not pre viously sold fleury biscll hlift disc j d hnmmcrmill new 60 ft endless belt- 18 ft sprayer tor weeds heavy double wheel tract- or trailer cookshutt tractor man ure spreader on rubber f and w mower cocxshutl binder rake bar hav loader 1 h side deliv rake car c nri riihhar fot wagon 1 ft uat rack 6 used rub ber wagon tires bags forks hoes shovels poultry netting new dairy equipment surge 2- unit milker new piping for 10 cows new do laval power cream stein heifer born apr 10 1955 lime and fertilizer spreader 2 setn hereford shorthorn heifer born of 3scction drag cultivators 2 acts dec 6 1955 holstein heifer born of 4section covering harrows wheel cultivators 2 dump rakes 2 hav tedders 3 steel tired wagons 2 sets of bob sleighs 2 bain wagon boxes mc corn binder almost 1 new cutting box without pipes 2 drive belts isnow plow and frame about 25 cord of circular wood elm i ho of wooden gates fanning mill uuantity of used lumber and tim- ber 2 sets of platform scales no of buggy and wagon wheels steel bull staff odd horse collars set of hcavv breaching harness set of treble blocks and 200 ft- of rope i 2 sets of double blocks and rope set of light treble blocks tarpaul in 25 by 20 2 electric fencers 2 tarpaulins 12 by 12 crosscut saw carriers- aixrgearsfor bale convey or quantity of -hrpn- jof heres row any acton high school girl xcopt last yoocs win- nor i ligiblo to win tho llraponsm pakl trip to now yotjk with a companion during ttiis yor rotary ponut campaign vorot rill bo vilblo with oach purchito oanwtf will bo on sal thvowgrt thjown and voting will bogira afonco i- tho top 10 contort will bo announced a wook boforo poanut day and tho lucky ovoon for a wook will bo il by total votos in tho rooty thoatro iho oyoqingt of poanut day v m be sure to buy peanuts and vote i l citizens of acton and district are invijted to join in decoration day 3 pm at fairview cemetery sunday june 3 uecoktmon day sponsoredbytrkwworship tho mayor and members of the cvunci of the corporation uf acton the canadian legion womens institute legion auxiliary acton fire brigade duke nf rvvorshuv and iikeside chapters i ode the committee t xprissos the hope that everyone tn acton and vicinity will turn out and have all the plots infairview cometery of their loved ones decorated- that day the acton citizens band guelph pipe band and the gueiph sea cadet band will be v- in attendance separator dnrrv supplies tehsls cash vo chattels to be removed till settled for but all must be removed within 10 days the proprietor is goinc into the boot and shiw business in cjeorfjijy town hindifty nefclott auctioneers phone i9r3 rockwood or tr 89233 milton fred bactio clerk the farm u about 3 m iltrs north of 24 highway b46 attention farmers for your tvacter gat atid fuol noods graaso and lubricat ing oil coaitact thompson fuels ltd phome 69 acton prompt delivery from meter pump yos w hav tanks available king chains large assortment of bolts rivets forks screws bars and other small articles stable and dairy equip ment -s- j utter carrier buckets and about 4o0 ft of steel track and hangers steel litter carrier pole 12 water bowls woods electric chop per with 2 h p motor 3 cueam sep arators 2 universal milking mach ines with t units 2 jiulk can poultry and blacksmith equipment- 3 brooder houses 10 bv 12 and 10 by 14 brooders feed ers fountains feed bins etc a complete blacksmith outfit furniture studio couch cab inet radio wide hall scat and mir ror corner desk table singer sewing machine williams sewing machine both drop head 2 power lawn mowers kitchen table with porcelain top drop leaf kitchen table kitdien sink with drain board extension uble buffet and i 6 chairs 4 oval back kitchen chairs kitchen stool cook stove coal or wood with hiih shelf coal i or wood heater small sire full size wiiod bed with springs miit- i tress dresser and wash stand to match steel bed springs mattress dresser and wash stand to match walnut finish odd couches odd rugs rrtats step ladder and other i numerous household ctfeot i terms cash settlement with clerk on day of sale i nothing to bo removed until aet tied for farm sold hindley and elliott auctioneers george currie clerk bj i vjl -uj-